[rollei_list] Re: My "new" Rolleiflex SL66
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:20:46 -0400
At 12:12 PM 6/7/2010, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
>It came with the Zeiss Distagon 4/80 lens provided with independent
>Compur leaf shutter (the lens is in pristine condition), this shutter
>is wide open in the standard position and then the lens regularly
>works in conjuction with the camera focal plane shutter as for any
>other lens. If you need or you want to use fill- in flash for shutter
>speeds faster than 1/30 sec, the lens Compur shutter offers X-M synch
>from 1/30 to 1/500, it has a socket for the flash cable; it?s also
>interesting the way both shutters work together, the lens shutter has
>a comfortable tab to cock it, after to do it the lens shutter stays
>wide open, when you release the focal plane shutter release button in
>the camera, (you need 1/30 or slower speed for the focal plane
>shutter) the Compur first closes when the focal plane shutter opens
>and afterward it fires according the selected shutter speed making to
>fire the flash too, the leaf shutter stays closed after to fire and it
>opens again automatically when the focal plane shutter closes again,
>it looks complex to describe but it?s pretty simple in practical use.
>I think the lens Compur shutter needs a CLA because it sometimes
>closes partially when the focal plane shutter opens, it must close
>completely during this phase; except for this detail, the Compur works
>fine, I really don?t need to use it and then no problem, I?ll wait for
>a general CLA that the camera needn?t yet apparently, I?ll see after
>the first roll.
This is very similar to the system used on the
Hasselblad 2000 and 200 cameras. I have a
2000FCM but no F lenses, so I have a choice of
either using that deathlessly accurate electronic
body shutter with the Compur set to stay wide
open, or the reverse. I generally use the body
shutter but the Compur does provide great flash
flexibility, so I do use the Compur on occasion.
The SL66 is one great camera. One of these days,
I must buy one: it is one of the few major
camera system in which I am really interested but
which I have never played with, Ektra being the other one.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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